Oil-ring retainer.



P. P. MOBERTY. OIL RING RETAINER APPLICATION FILED 001321.1908v Patented July 20, 1909.

Wilma:

Warren. in the county of Trumbull and UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED P. McBER-TY, OF WARREN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE PEERLESS ELECTRIC COMPANY. OF WARREN, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

OIL-RING- RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented July 20, 1909.

Application filed October 21, 1908. Serial No. 458,896.

To all whomtt "may concern:

Be it known that I; FRED P. MGBERTY, of

State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Ring Retainers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and. exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

T heobject of this invention to provide a siinple de\'ice for retaining a shaft lubricating ringin position, such device being capable of being readily removed to allow of the withdrawal or positioning of the rin The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of a shaft bearing, showing my improvement. Fig.2 is a transverse sectional view, with parts omitted. Figs. 3 and 4 are, respectively, front and side elevations of the retainer.

' Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a shaft bearing snchas is ordinarilynsed in electric motors and generators. This bear-' ing is shown as having an oil reservoir :2 and a cut-out 3 to accommodate oil ring 4. which latter is supported byshaft- 5 and extends into the oil within the reservoir.

The ring'retainer 6 is shownas composed of a single spring wire rod curved to con-c form to the curvature of the shaft-bearing at a point adjacentto cut-out and to eX-' tend slightly more than half way around the bearing so as to be self SllStillTllIlgL TlllS rod is also bent at right angles to itself, as at 7, such bent portion extending transversely of and across the 01] ring so as to retain the latter in proper position. To form a seat-for this retainer 1 preferably provide a groove, or recess 8 in the shaft bearing. V

The advantages of my invention will be readily appreciated. It will'bc seen that the retainer is composed of but a single piece of metal capable of being readily bent into the desired shape, and thatit will be self-sustaining on the bearing and at the same time capable of-being readily placed in or removed from its normal position.

I claim as my invention:

1. In combination with a lubricating ring, a retainer therefor consisting of a spring wire rod bent to form approximately slightly more than a half circle, and having at one end a lateral projection designed to extend transversely across the lubricating ring. 4

In combinationwith a shaft, a bearing therefor, and an oil reservoir, of a lubricating ring supported by said shaft, and a retainer consisting of a spring wire rod bent to engage the'bea'ring and be self retained thereon and also bent at right angles to extend transversely across the lubricating ring.

3. In combination with a shaft L bearin l c. therefor having a groove, and an Oil-r9501? voir, of a lubricating ring supported by the .shaft and a retainer for said ring consisting of a wire formed to fit in said groove and having a portion extended transversely of the ring.

In testimony wherefor, I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing (witnesses FRED P. MCBERTY. Witnesses:

J. B. Es'raBRooK,

W C. Man. 

